RPC VI, 9009 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9009 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Comama
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COM(?)[ ....]
Edition Com--- Com[---]
Translation Com[---]
Reverse design colonist ploughing left, with yoke of oxen
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.50 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required. The reading COL AE[ ] and an attribution to Aelia Captolina (where the coin was previously attributed) has been rejected on the advice of D. Hendin. The coin seems to read COM[  and the style of the reverse is like the other ploughing scenes at Comama. See https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/73862. Although the portrait here looks more like Elagabalus, it could also be Caracalla.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1991.749 (with coins of Berytus)